Kusal Perera“Although certain foreign powers have attempted to conspire against and oust me from the presidency, I will not leave this position before completing...
Universities throughout the country were paralysed yesterday due to a token strike by the non-academic staff, including administrative officers against the government’s delay in...
Over thousand doctors of the Colombo National Hospital will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday (27) demanding the Rs. 29,000 Disturbance, Availability and Transport...
Mr. Rajitha Seneratne, the Cabinet Minister for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, when answering a question to a BBC Sinhala Service correspondent regarding the...
A group of academics, journalists, social activists and trade union has called for broader and stronger protests against the government's undemocratic and inhuman policies...
Protests are expected to intensify with opposition political parties, trade unions and civil society organisations warning they would take to the streets over the...
The Asian Human Rights Commission says DIG of North Western Province, Ravi Wijegunawardena, should be held responsible for the killing of fisherman Anthony Fernando...
Namini WijedasaPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa urged people to tighten their belts during the war and they did. When three years after the Tigers were defeated...
Increased taxes on essentials and non essential goods are on the cards as urgent revenue measures while other cost-cutting measures are also planned to...
Saturday, 18 February 2012 05:04 .A token strike was launched yesterday by plantation sector workers to protest the unprecedented increase in fuel prices...
UPFA constituent, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party yesterday strongly condemned the SLFP-led government’s decision to increase the price of diesel and kerosene in spite...
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has passed a resolution demanding the immediate implementation of the salary revision already approved by its Board. ...
A high ranking police officer with patriotic traits whose name cannot be disclosed told Lanka e news that Gotabaya Rajapakse is directly responsible for...
protesting fisherflokD.B.S. Jeyaraj38 year old Warnakulasooriya Anthony Fernand, a father of two children, was killed and eight others critically injured in Chilaw on February...
Surendra Ajit RupasingheAs you know, the Geneva sessions will open on the 27th February. A possible, and most probable outcome would be a resolution...
With the rupee hitting 120 against the US dollar yesterday, importers of essential commodities cautioned that prices of sugar, dhal, canned fish and milk...
*Complying with IMF diktats – UNP; *Result of waste and not Iran factor – JVPThe Opposition yesterday slammed the government for increasing fuel prices....
University teachers last night announced an indefinite strike if the government presented the ‘private university bill’ to Parliament without consulting them. The Federation of...
The Sri Lankan economy is dragged out – the country is over-borrowing, underperforming and leading into a debt crunch, claims United National Party Colombo...
University teachers who staged a token strike on Jan. 18 against proposed private university bill and salary issues, now demand a discussion forum on...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is filling government with ex-top brass in the name of 'professionalizing' island-nation's politics.
by Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even at the height of the Sri...
Caroon by Avantha Artigala.
Militarisation of civilian space began during the first Rajapaksa regime. Yet, it didn’t cause public concern, except amongst certain civil society...
